St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 10, 1896

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. , « 4 ioe ted — =a * 2 a — cor ae 7 8 * 5 n + FS. z — r „ ee es ed ie. fea 2 * 2 e RZ, g - N > ee 7 wt : : . * * * 2 utellectualtty st. Louis easily distances Boston. Illustrated Phat | 5 In To-Morrow's Sunday P. -D. at * 2 2 PES „ i tee, aa aha ars 2 * . „ ete 5 woe Cf 4 1 e 8 2 „ 3 gi E Highth District, and W. N. Evans of the Wurteenth District. | nad placed these Populists on the elec- ity ticket in their stead: J. B. Anderson tis, elector at large; J. J. SHoecraft, h District; A. L. Douglass, Eighth and S. A. Handy, Fourteenth Dis- » The State Committee Saturday agreed to Re fusion on the electoral ticket, but did = Mot discuss the proposition of the Populists sae give them two places on the Democratic “rate ticket in return for not putting out * Ust of nominees. > Mmmediately after the meeting Secretary ) Move said that the Democrats woul ir joint electoral ticket and the regular (Wemocratic State ticket at once. de list of nominees will be forwarded to Secretary of State Lesueur Saturday night “er Monday morning. _@aturday noon, when apprised of the ac- ‘on of the Democratic State Committee, Rozelle of the Populist State ommittee said he would also file at once me Complete Populist ticket nominated at 2) 1 means that both Populists and Dem- wats will have State tickets, but only one sectoral ticket. ane four Populist electors are pledged to rot. the eiectoral college for Arthur fail, the Democratic nominee for Vice- fesident, as soon as it is ascertained that son isn't in it meeting tee brought in a rom the country. jamere were present Chairman Cook, Sec- Love, Treasurer 2 W. N. Mar- 3 the First District, Virgil Conkling x ® Second, J. . Cross of the Third, games ©. Davis of the Fourth, R. C. Clark te Seventh, J. W. Farris and W. D. of the Eighth, Paul B. Moore and =r. ©, B. Elkins of the Fourteenth. ane Other districts were represented by good many Demo- “Frank Pitts of Monroe, nominee for State mreasurer; James M. Seibert of Jefferson nessy, nominee for Railroad Commis- Wer, Were also present, as was ex-Gov. T. 5 ttenden, Consul General to the City ‘ - 0. ie Democrats from the interior bring mections of a great party victory in the tate. They assert that the Democratic mate ticket will came to the city limits of = Louis with at least 50,000 majority. * Farris of Lebanon says the Eighth iet will send Richard Parks Bland to Con by a decisive majority. _ "Mr. Biand has recovered from his recent and is again at work stumping the dt, said Mr. Farris. Populist. nominee, Stine Cypher, is suns & Canvass, but Mr, Biand will be We have only 8 in Laclede and the Dembcratas are doing the effective work for veans.“ ul Moore, Committeeman from the eurteenth District, said very emphati- Ly utheast Missouri was in splen- . pe. In spite of the reports given ~ mepublicans, claiming great gains, it eeme up solid for Democracy. "we have in Mi sippi County,” said ; Moore, 200 Republicans who will vote © Straight Democratic ticket. There are yout twenty goldbugs who will bolt the t is the condition throughout the ene t. Wherever we lose a Democrat ‘Bain five Republicans.“ : ava County will give Bland and the mie ticket the biggest majority on record.“ . D. Thomas of Fulton, proxy for “ur county is organized as it never was “mmitteeman Virgil Conkling jof the Sod District, said that the Republicans * unusual activity just now, Mat the Democrats were well organized hitteeman R. C. Clark reports Boone, amd, Saline, Cooper and Greene Demo- 8 , d ties. „8 Amittee also receiv Lewis County, showin rover the Vote of RRICANE WARNING GIVEN. th r Bureau’s Special, Bulletin on 2 West India Storm. BHINGTON, D. G., Oct. 10.—The ier Bureau this afternooh issued the ay st hurricane warning: | al Bulletin: i “is a West Indian hurricane ap- the Florida coast mov- . Wi ate" sue 4 =e 0 ee, be the complete a Democratic uy central off ; ¥ ** Kb an storm age ee werd me northeaster es in a Rates, the * BY aye reaching hurricane rat coast stations or off the coast. . Cane signals are dis ed for the Mt of shipping from Flor tts along the coast. While Sxpected in the interio WILLIS 1. MOORE, Chief of Bureau. d file | The time tas not yet been fixed, i of the Democratic State ines for State Auditor, and T. J. ‘2a! pore ot times, nis murciving wite having been Miss Jennie Laird of Lex were 1 crowds at the $200 and in : 1 for the stern command of her hus- }Gazed at the Living Pictures and Fell be as severe in this 1 2 the storm EL Gol. WOODSON PASSES AWAY. MISSOURI’S FORMER EXECUTIVE SUCCUMBS, DIED AT ST. JOSEPH, MO. He Had Had a Distinguished Political Career, Both in Kentucky and in Missouri. Spécial to the Post-Dispatch. THROWN UNDER A MOVING TRAIN. MISS LISA PITTHAN BARELY ES- CAPES A HORRIBLE DEATH. SAVED BY A BRAKEMAN. She Leaped Off the Train After It Started and Was Drawn Under the Wheels. Miss Lisa Pitthan of Bélleville had a nar- ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 10.—Ex-Gév. Silas row .escape from death under.car wheels Woodson succumbed to a lingering illness Friday afternoon. and quietly passed away at 6:20 last night at She accompanied her sister, Mrs. Wm. C. the St. Joseph Hospital. He had been ill. Kueffner, to the Air Line depot in Belle- tor about a year, his malady being the re- ville, to see her off on the 4:25 train. In- sult of the natural wasting away incident * 1 * a } \\ ‘ . * % yee 1 — ~ U 2 * * A N W N NN W : * N N Ye 7 SILAS WOODSON. upon extreme age, he being. 7 years old. The fureral will be held from the Cathedral. — Gov. Woodson was born in Knox County, Ky., in 1819,,and was reared on a farm. ned was educated at a country school and read. law during his spart time. n ted to the bar when 2, and went to the Kentucky Legislature when 4. He was re-elected several times, and for four years was Circuit Attorney of the Twelfth Judi- cial Circuit. He came to Missouri in 1854. In 1860 he was made Judge of the Twelfth Missouri District. In 1872 he was elected Governor of Missouri over John B. Hender- son, with Chas. P. Johnson of St. Louis Lieu- tenant-Governor. His term was two years, and at its close he returned to his law prac- tice in St. Joseph, and bas remained there since. He was for a time Judge of the Crim- ‘wife gton, married three times, his survivin Ky. He also leaves two daughters. CRUSH AT KANSAS CITY. Almost a Tragic End to the Carnival Week. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 10.—By the best good ‘fortune the last night of Carnival Week barely escaped being the cause of several deaths. As it was several people rs) Fifty thousand le tried to squeeze into two blocks. space on Grand ave- nue, in the center of the city, to witness a mimic play at fire aranged by the fire department. The crush of people finally became terrific and two solid walls of hu- manity found itself wedged in by impene- trable buildings on elther side and pushed on against each other by crushing crowds in the rear. Attempts of the police, headed by Chief Irwin, to clear the street only increased the terror. Women fainted by the score and were trampled on. Children were held in the air to prevent their being killed and men fought each other in.their desperation, The wildest confusion Nag. for half an hour atid only subsided when an extra detachment of 2 falrly mane rg ~ 4 nt openings of the street and made a breathing space. FOR HIS FAMILY’S SAKE. Though an Invalid for Seven Years, Bartelheimer Saved $265. Henry Bartelheimer died a few days ago at his home in Pennsyivania avenue, Belle- ville. He had been an invalid for seven years and unable to work. His family was supposed to have been left penni but when two friends called with proffers of assistance a search was made. Although unable to earn anything, Bartelheimer had hoarded every penny that he could and laid it away to keep his family from want. In a stocking he had concealed was found in @ Cigar box $65 in coin. His wife +3 not aware of his hoardings. She knew he had something in the cigar box» Dut was kept from investigating it by d and of the revolver which he always kept lying on the lid. It was lying there when the two friends called. Scrawl- ed on a piece of paper w the words, “Don’t touch this or it will d or. CROSBY WAS SHOCKED. Through a Platform. John Crosby, a giddy youth of 55 sum- mers and the accompanying winters, re- siding at 242A Olive street, was at the Fair Friday afternoon, and went to see the pictures, 7 Four Deaths Marshal Will Galion of Bancrof dead with a bullet in his head. bicycle and after him at a furious gait. was climbing a hill a pedal broke, summed a fence and made for timber. h . Sair ell, shot in the shoulder, but arose the next instant. He looked at his pursu- bank. dirk knife. burne. stead of bidding her good-by on the plat- form she went inside the coach and sat down. Conductor Ed Branch thought she Was also going away and before she knew it the train started. She rushed out on the platform and tried to jump off, but her dress caught and she fell into the narrow space between the de- pot platform and the moving train. The ends of the trucks struck her and rolled her Over several times, finally whirling her across the tracks under the center of the next car. She scrambled to her hands and knees and tried to crawl out at the opposite side, but would have been caught and crushed to death by the rear trucks, but for the prompt action of the brakeman; Louis Kalbfleisch, and Engineer Schneider. Kalbfleisch was in the baggage compart- ment when.the horrified shouts. of the by- standers reached his ears. He leaped out on the depot platform and as the fireman, who had aiso heard the shouts, looked back the brakeman signaled to stop. The fireman shouted to the engineer and the train was stopped with a jerk. The rear trucks were within three feet of the prostrate woman. She was taken out and sent to her home, where she was attended by Dr. Scheel, who found her suffering severely from shock and bruises about the head and hips, — - : THRILUING MAN HUNT * Directly Due to the Rob- bery of the Sherburn | (Minn.) Bank. FOREST CITY, Io., Oct. 10.—The Sheriff and a large posse of determined men have been out scouring the woods since early Friday morning for the remaining Sher- burn murderer and bank robber. They returned this morning with but little sat- isfaction. - Every clue was run down and every cyclist overhauled and made to prove his identity. The posse is still scouring the woods in the direction of Fertle which seems to be the direction of the last clue. About 7 o’clock last evening a stranger answering the description of the robber, entered the hotel at Thompson, *Io. He seemed very nervous and immediately went to bed. The authorities soon had him in charge, but they lean to the opinion that he is not the man. They have wired Waterloo to substan- tiate his story. He carries a big gun and does not seem to have any business or know where he is going. SHERBURN, Minn., Oct. 16.—Coroner Johnson has just arrived in Sher- burn from the south. He reports that all Northern Iowa is on the look-out, for the bandit who is still at large. Every road that he is liable to pass is guarded, and escape is almost impossible. John D. Sair, the first robber run down, committed suicide yesterday near Elmore, Minn., after he had killed an officer. Dep- uty Sheriff Ward of Martin County, Minne- sota, with a posse of 100 men, got on Sair's trail and followed him east through North- ern Iowa on the State line road. He was located in a farm-house and when a woman opened the door in response to a deputy’s rap, Sair stood behind her and began firing. e sent seven shots into the pane 2 O., e Sair reacred the back door, mounted his rode east. The posse galloped s wheel, and as he He u Sheriff Ward sprang from his 5 eveled his Winchester and fired. Rain impeded Sair’ and then blew his brains out with a Iver. He had 3600, taken from the He carried two revolvers and a The body was brought to Sher- You must register if you desire to cast your ballot at the November elec- tion. Registration every Presidential year is required by the laws of Mis- souri. This is the Presidential year. Three days have been set apart for registration—Oct. 6, Oct. 10 and Oct. 13. Registration offices open from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. If you fail to get your name on the lists on one of these days you will lose your Presidential vote. CANTON INVADED. 6 i | Large Number of Delegations Sched- uled for Saturday. every paign was r dawned sEvening. Registration Office Open Till —— 5 EATIN’ TIRE: . * 7 * =e ay. 72 “4 a — 7 ~ * SE 0 1 | 1 . ‘| Ver, . i 100000 aT 7 4 2 i e e us a eile SN 2 Se i 15 D . — — — — he 7 3 a é 1 ed * 4 4 58 1 . » : “ 3 * * 8 7 > rr > es * N ey + 2 % The difference between President McMillin of the Laclede Gas Light Co, ahd General Manager Alexander R 208 same company is that the latter tr make the public believe that it is ; from an optical fllusion When it say gas supplied by the company is bad, wh 1 the former gracefully “*fesses up” sind asks the indulgence of his subseribers for & short time. ware sect “ * 15 2 * 3 — a ae 2 0 4 President McMillin has returned from New York. On the e read the article on inf gas publish 27 7 U 5 * — — 5 8 st 7 1 . - 7 | ~ — 8 . we — : 4 sweet 1 ~ ‘ 7 ‘ * 99 Sok A „ 3 * 2 ' \ ‘ g 5 1 * 4 — . * P 1 * 1 . 1 — - 1 j ) I 5 * ’ Nn f 8 * ; AM | \ N. N N ey] : statemen i \ \ * W N — a ; ~~ j : AS i 2 . ‘ q 4 * * — . y 5 Post-Dispatch. In , e t. 7 , flew in the face of 5 plate tite that the Laclede , and distribution were and were a8 g0c ; * President MeMillin's state | ! — When seen Mee — signer) 1 WIA Wr readily see how around for a motive w c usion 2 "Post-Dispatch reporter. It is the first time l . The ot an enlargement along the same lines of the 4 | eps bare which has ay in Canton | prisoner tg the o for his capture. A Ho detec 8 2 “a — 3 b * ty ie n 1 a, hoi. ae es EE Se ! mA | KZA} 147 — PS . 8 ‘ N * — Z . I don’t know whether it will be Bill Bryan or McKinley, But which it is, Em bound that he Shan’t have to breakfast thinly. It’s bad enough to dine on crow, So come ye, flyin’, hummin’, An’ see how plump ye all can grow Before the great day comin’! Come all ye scrawny little crows! Ye’ré lookin’ most forlorn. A prize to him who fattest grows From eatin’ of my corn. The time of year is gettin’ late, And hear the day, ye know, When more than one poor candidate Must eat a dish o’ crow. GRIP OF THE LAW ON HIS THROAT UNDERWOOD, THE MURDEROUS BURGLAR, IS IN JAIL HERE. SLEW A TEXAN IN THE DARK. Makes Full Confession to a Post-Dis- patch Reporter and Will Pay the Penalty. George Edward Underwood, who killed A. A. Raybuck at Houston, Tex., was locked in a cell at the Central Police Station Sat- urday morning and at 8 p. m. will be started back to the Texas town. He was arrested in Woodstock, Ontario, and his custodian, Deputy Sheriff Walter Walsh of Houston, started for him four weeks ago. . : Heretofore Underwood has denied his guilt and protested his innocence, but Sat- urday morning he confessed the crime to a time is all we ask.“ Mr. MeMillin is very pending decision of t preme Court will be pany. he li tion,” he peculiar effect on our market. All th ; 7 rumor would crop out 8 decision would be handed , 3 > -_ ‘ a? 7 * — United slew ‘ 1 “ee id, “has ‘OC ; : tan * ’ —From the New York Evening Journal, PAID FOR RANSOM. A Wealthy Hotel Proprietor of Sen tle real effect on she market It has ¢ n Francisco Kidnaped and He Paid | be ve no doubt that, the ‘dec: sion * $10,000 for Release. aver, Bhoald ft be was sending letters to the girl. For a long time the detectives tried to get hold of some of these letters, but it was not unt Sept. 1 that one of them was obtained. I: was learned that Underwoed was in Wood- stock, Canada, working as a porter in a hotel. The Houston authorities sent to Wash- ington and secured the President’s requisi- ‘tion for the extradition of Underwood. Armed with these papers, Walsh started, He arrived with the prisoner in St. Louis at 7:30 a. m. Saturday. You must register i you desire to cast your ballot at the November elec- tion. Registration every Presidential year is required by the laws of Mis- souri, This is the Presidential year. Three days have been set apart for registration—Oct. 6, Oct. 10, and Oct. 13. Registration offices open from 8 a.m.to9p.m. If you fail to get your name on the lists on one of these days you will lose your Presidential vote. WILLIAM'S TURN NOW. His Visit to Paris Will Insure Bu- ropean Peace. j LONDON, Oct. 10.—The Paris corres- pondent of the Times reports that the Car and Czarina have promised to accept the money as he promised. an interview Duc D’Aumale’s invitation to visit the Castle of Chantilly, when they revisit Paris} Upon the subject 2 in the spring. Now that the visit is ended,” | 2 1 lie dat wae that the the Times correspondent says, there is a0 the story A eas 1 ie min if 2 — ame quarters that it only needs 1 public, ‘and both he and his r * many to cement teat 8 ae Ger wife believed that he would keep his word. McKinley on Money and Men. The following extract is from a speech delivered by Mr. William MeKinley of Ohio in the House May 7, 1800. It will be found on page 4,255 in volume 21, Congressional Record, first session, Fifty-first Congress: „Wen merchandise is the cheapest, men are the poorest, and the most distressing experi- ences in the history of our country —aye, in all human history have been when everything was the lowest and cheapest, measured by gold, for everything was the highest and the dearest measured by labor.” ” SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 10.—Such a story as Millionaire James Campbell told and proved against Oliver Winthrop comes now from Charles Montgomery, proprietor of the Brooklyn Hotel, who is a man of means, position and high reputation—just such a story, save that the There would be nos While our application for a ac! wi permit us to ¢ pending, the courts would tinue 3 ra the public.“ Mr, MeMillin said that he of the incorporation of the Light & Power Co. by three of stockholders of the that the new concern woul tric lighting business, If t! should decide that the Lac had no right to distribute elec McMillin said simply: “The organization of auxil for specific purposes is often a sometimes necessary. PASSING OF A. T. STEWART, His Famous Store Formally Passes 2 15 Into Wanamaker’s Hands. = Special to the Post-Dispatch. ye NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—This is 5 the closing day in the life of the great drr goods house established by A? T. Stew Ee and lately conducted by Hilton, H ‘o. The big clerical force that hes Deem —X.— in the bullding ever since the * kidnaper, to call him so, is declared to haye planned more wisely than Winthrop, executed more skil- fully reaped a substantial reward for his daring crime, and has gone scot free. For more than a year Mr. Montgomery has held his peace and kept his pledge of secrecy, and no one but his wife and his lawyer has knowns that he was the victim of an astonishing piece of villainy, and that a large sum of 7 sald to be $10,000, to his captor as the price of liberty and personal security. The Chronicle this morning publishes & sensationa) story to the effect that a year ago last July Mr. Montgomery had been lured at midday into a vacant house in the most populous part of the city, and had been *~held a prisoner and threatened with torture and death, and bad finally to pay his jailor the sum he demanded within a specified time after his release, had sworn not to betray the robber, and had paid the - re ie 4 he paid he has admitted his guilt and he willingly resigned himself to his doom. According to the accusation against him, and which agrees with his confession, he and two men, whose names he declines to give, broke into the shoe store of A. A. Raybuck in Houston on the night of Jan. 3 busy trying t While Underwood Was rying to force open the cash drawer Raybuck open- ed the front door or e store to get sdme- in en. tune ton 3 71 the store hid behind benches and Underwood erouched behind the cashier’s desk. Raybuck went back to the desk and, in the dar 88 over — der wood. latter, W Als revolver in his nina pence’ up arid sent a bullet into the proprietor’s aed There .was a fight and Underw0 — ate Into the body of Raybuc d to the re Underwood: of assignment concludes afternoon. They have ing over all the k with of John wanes at 5 depart * establishment, in N in xing the cost pric every e which is the basis upon which the sees is taken over by the new owner |) n of the J $ premises. It has whether — the stoc upon the counters establishment in that city. “#2 3 eo N 4 ; 4 2 . 28 2 ö sae > * 2 . n * 2 te 3 8 3 — 4 « on eS <= 4 4 5 ‘ = #5 7 38 — ä — 7 2 : es * „ 5 9 — 7 wae . N 9 * . 3 we * ia = 1 . 7 2 a 2 5 » 8 2 x te * * * 4 * ~ ‘2 ~~ 2 * 75 7 N a - aS * 2, 5 1 id 4 & 1 ie ¥ 2 * 4 a 1 * 5 a ey drop leav pack Into the Raybuck, who Was identify hi , 10 ent m. . N While the poligen FO — king | escaped. va a in Houston. 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